this is my death song.
01-12-2015, 05:25 PM
When you stop listening? Do I disappear into the silence? Or return from the void with brand new life? Though Bronze had lived a hard life, he truly had no regrets. He wished he could've seen his eldest children again, one last time, though he knew that they all had built lives of their own long ago. Though he knew his adoptive parents had likely passed away many years ago, he still wished he could've seen them again too; to thank them for taking him in as a child and for giving him a better life than he could've ever hoped for. Bronze had tried to hide his slowly failing health from Steel, but the boy was sharp for a child and had likely noticed despite his attempts to seem otherwise. They could pretend that they simply were tired, or lazy, but it was obvious that sleep had become not just a refuge but a necessity for the aging couple. Hunting properly had been exhausting for some time, since Ara, Mercury, Jendai, and Faolan had been born, but now it was impossible. A short walk was enough to tire the two of them out; running was entirely out of the question. Another sigh would fall from Bronze's lips as he pulled himself closer against Silent's dark form. Slowly his eyes would adjust to the darkness, her form illuminated slightly by the moon's reflection on the ocean that lay before their den. "I do not want to leave them," he would interject her more positive train of thought, his tired voice cracking. His children were his world, and it was difficult to imagine life without them; though he knew they would be fine without him. "I know they don't need us, but imagining it... it hurts." There was a sadness to his voice as he buried his nose into her fur. The child he worried the most for was Steel. Their other children were well into adulthood; Ara had even begun a family of her own, even though it wasn't the life he had pictured for her, he was proud of her regardless. A soft sob would leave his throat, barely audible at best, and he inhaled sharply. He felt the rattling of her chest against his own body. "It is because of you that life was ever worth living," he told her softly, wanting to calm her from the coughs that wracked her form. "I never imagined I would be capable of loving someone so much." His earliest memories were traumatic, and even with his adoptive parents he had not known much warmth, despite the fact that they loved him deeply. Another sob would leave his lips as he breathed in her familiar scent. She had always been the light in his darkness, the star that had guided him even in the bleakest of nights. He could not imagine a life without her -- he would not allow himself to walk the earth without her by his side, now that he had remembered how infinite her love made him feel. "I love you, my Silent Shadow," he would tell her breathlessly, aching to be closer to her, though he knew he was as close as he could possibly be. |
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